Mossberg Patriot Rifles

Henry Repeating Arms recently donated another $25,000 to the First Responders Children’s Foundation at a celebratory National First Responders Day event in New York City’s Times Square.

While the Colt Single Action Army (SAA), which celebrated its 150th birthday in 2023, is still being made by the company that first brought it into existence, the popularity of the design and its connection with martial and frontier history has created a vibrant market for derivatives, many of which are produced in Italy.

Read today's "The Armed Citizen" entry for real stories of law-abiding citizens, past and present, who used their firearms to save lives.

The trend has been growing for years, but accelerated dramatically with pandemic-enforced social-distancing protocols. For those of us who still prefer to walk the aisles of an FFL and hold a conversation with knowledgeable staff, the extra room to breathe in a store during the holiday season is a welcome change.

Anyone who cleans brass knows how much of a mess it can be to separate brass from walnut shells or stainless-steel pins.